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The Abbey owned the hill.

Personally, I think it's Hercules. The prediction in the 30s, "if it's Hercules he should be carrying a lion skin" followed by the discovery of the lion skin/cloak in the 70s, is pretty compelling.

Why someone carved Hercules into a field in England? Not a clue.



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